Sentences with phrase «running joke about»

There's a running joke about how every year Apple presents a new iPhone they call it the best iPhone ever made.

I'm one of the 3 hosts of FOSS + beer, and we have this kind of running joke about legal podcasts and resumes.

(There's a cute running joke about Eve's close friend, who turns out to be Christopher Marlowe, being the actual author of the works of William Shakespeare.)

One could argue the tonal disconnect between an act of terrorism and comedy, and yet the injection of some quips and the odd running joke about a producer obsessed with balls turns out to be one of the film's greatest weapons, moreso than the overly familiar stench of disdain and dissidence as a poorly planned hostage stunt yields a much more complex discussion about class structure and the corruption of the American financial system.

Within the FE community, there's a running joke about the franchise's second title, Fire Emblem Gaiden: namely, the fact that nobody knows anything about Fire Emblem Gaiden because nobody's actually played it.

Even grosser is the running joke about male characters looking up the skirt of Debbie's assistant Desi (Megan Fox), who doesn't wear any underwear!

There's also a lot of pissing, puking, shitting, and farting; a disturbing running joke about putting heads on a pike; highly - imitable and often - disturbing cat violence; and a wave of overwhelming weariness that rolls off these Alvin and the Chipmunks / The Sorcerer's Apprentice pieces of shit that tend to flop but never hard enough to prevent the clockwork arrival of another something just like it.

Also among the lowlights are bits making light of substance abuse, including a running joke about Ronnie's foul - mouthed alcoholic mother (Celia Weston) and another about a co-worker (Michael Pena) hooked on heroin.

The movie milks its formula of nudging the period for all it is worth in the first act (There's a running joke about the lack of smiling subjects in photographs, and the racism of the time is acknowledged with a shooting gallery with targets that are despicable racial caricatures — acknowledged but not addressed in any worthwhile way until a cameo that concludes the movie).

Some of the jokes are just plain unsettling (there's a running joke about «child molesterers» — not a typo — that comes across as more unpleasant than amusing), but for every awkward and squirmy wisecrack there's a comedy goldmine (the cameo by Waititi as a local preacher is one of the funniest scenes in years).

Asked to be the straight man to a running joke about the essential «fakeness» of its world - weary hipster heroes, Amber instead assumes the position of power by announcing that for all the things they — and we, by extension — have seen, she alone will emerge from this with no sense of irony or mordant humanism.

; the second unsavoury because it caps a running joke about little people that isn't funny in the least.

Levy is charming, Lennon is amusing, and Barry Pepper, as the local sheriff who's dating Tripp's mom (Amy Ryan), makes the most of a running joke about wanting to keep his cruiser clean.

Other questionable skits which should have hit the cutting room floor include projectile vomiting on a defenseless squirrel, an adult prompting a child to share his Ritalin, and a running joke about how the ski lodge's bellboy (Crispin Glover) lost his arm in an accident.

There's also a very funny running joke about the music he's left stranded with on Mars: nothing but disco!

There's a few light chuckles here and there, including a decent dynamite gag and a running joke about Curly's hair.

Channel 4 comedy Catas - trophe had a running joke about a baby called Muireann.

The pilot episode features a running joke about how Ted Cruz (James Adomian) is unfamiliar with the concept of brushing one's teeth («You've got hair on your teeth?»).

Fittingly for a film which has a running joke about jam roly poly, this feels like cinematic comfort food.

That isn't to say this movie doesn't have its share of Sandler irritants; There is the obligatory running joke about a gay singer (Alexis Arquette) who can only perform Culture Club songs, and the filmmakers get maximum mileage from a nice old woman (Ellen Albertini Dow) who enjoys candid talk about penises.

Runners - up are Morris and Bunbury, saddled with characters never given a chance to evolve beyond an uninspired running joke about which celebrity Michelle has slept with.

The film's uncomplicated plotting allows plenty of space for goofy little throwaway gags — like a running joke about the young McGregor's feeble attempts at birdwatching — that other films might have cut to make way for various subplots or emotional character moments.

Spending by subscribers on Web dating sites has soared, rising to a projected $ 100 million... But after hearing that Mr. Eddy drove a Jeep, Ms. Sivik's friends, who had a long - running joke about trying to find her a bald guy with a Jeep,...

Terry Prachett makes a running joke about 1 in a million chances happening all the time during emergencies.

The running joke about Romain Grosjean used to be first - lap crashes.

(No small accomplishment for running jokes about midgets, I don't have to tell you.)

Teens who've read his short story «The Fall of the House of Usher» and want more creepy old houses haunted by revenge - seeking, bloodsoaked - dress - wearing gals — but with less onerous vocabulary and more running jokes about Ghostbusters — can't do better than Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake.

(And here in New England, we'll continue to hear the running jokes about all the people in New Hampshire and Maine who thing that global warming sounds like a fine idea.

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He joked with reporters about the possibility earlier this month, and then sought to clarify by saying he had «no intention» of running.

Buterin took to Twitter to dispel the joke, as well as to explore its unintended popularity and remind people that he has thought about the downside of «long - run - inflationary tokens.»

James Corden, a British comedian who hosts the Late, Late Show ran into this reality, last Friday night, after joking about Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual harassment and rape of dozens of women.

It's the running joke among vegans / vegetarians that as soon as you tell somebody you don't eat animal products, they immediately get a nutrition degree and interrogate you about protein.

By the end of the show, our mouths were permanently hanging wide open and we joked about how my brother's New Year's Resolution would be to run away and join Cirque de Soleil!

The whole thing might've already cost the university more than $ 14 million, and the Vols are burning through so many potential candidates, the internet's running out of jokes about it.

I was making a (poor) joke about how TXDOT is horribly mismanaged and is run by Aggies.

please stop these silly articles this is a joke Wenger would die rather than play 7 defenders in his team he is no mourinho are u influenced by him there is no problem with this formation our past 2 seasons best performances have come playing this formation and about your one time theory this season only we beat manu that lead us to a run of fa cup and we won that so do your homework properly.

Bregman, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 draft, popped out in the seventh inning when in need of a home run to get a cycle, then joked on microphone during the MLB Network broadcast, «That was about as close as it gets to leaving the yard.»

Leslie Combs jokes — but is serious — about his wonderful Spendthrift water, and Joe O'Farrell preaches about the mineral properties in the belt of land that runs through Ocala, Fla..

The way the club is run sports wise is a f*cking joke... The fans are being cheated and taken for «idiots» Wenger could not give a f*ck about the fans.

«Iused to joke about running in the Kentucky Derby,» he says.

This is your doing Wenger, you old stubborn a22hole The tactical deficiencies of Arsenal are a joke, forget about horrible transfer windows, not playing the right players in the right spots, not bringing in subs fast enough to change the game, not seeing that Cazorla was not able to defend the Liverpool onslaught in the first half and at least switching him with Ramsey who can run and defend with the best of them.

Jose Mourinho agreed in his own way by making a joke about us wanting the season to run from January and his Chelsea side will probably be the team to beat again next time, so we need to get a good start.

Make your jokes about the «Big Game» nickname or the handful of poor playoff starts if you must, but you should also recognize that James Shields just had a run as one of the best pitchers in baseball for four years.

Romain Grosjean has developed a reputation for moaning about everything (he even ran a special helmet at COTA joking about it) but he more than lived up to it at the end of the race.

There is an old joke about two hunters being attacked by a bear where one stops to put on his running shoes.

Greedy Stan Kronke is only concerned with making money, and if Usmanov sells up then we are in it deep cos Wenger will continue to steal a living from the club as will that clown Walcott.We are also rans, there is no real desire to spend a penny more than necessary and every year Wenger fiddles around at the edges of the team but never really completes the job, I'm sick of watching the same game over and over, Wenger waving his arms about but doing the like for like subs on about 70 mins as usual while Bouldy sticks to his vow of silence, we are a joke among the top teams, and if Wenger signs a new deal then I may have to take a 2 year sabbatical cos I'm sick of the man and his bu # * ~ $ t press conferences,

OK, fine, but what if your job has a private space with a locking door that's not the bathroom where you can pump for as long as you need as often as you need so that you can use your industrial strength breast pump which by some miracle you can afford so you can now fill up bag after bag of fresh healthy milk every three hours at work for six months straight and your supportive husband can drive to work and pick it up for you so you don't even have to store it in the gross community refrigerator so as to avoid the all - too - inevitable jokes about whether you're going to «whip up a milkshake for everyone» or remarks such as, «Guess we'll be just fine when the coffee creamer runs out?»

we would joke about starting a family and having lots of kids running around.

Hotel executive Suraj Patel, who is running against Rep. Carolyn Maloney in the Democratic primary, posted «creepy» statements on social media joking about his attraction to Olympic gold medal gymnast McKayla Maroney — when she was just 16 - years - old.

They have a technical run through at about 5 pm and the show goes out at 7 pm, so at 5 pm they'll probably see the missing word headlines and they'll see the blanks so they have a few minutes while they're in make - up to think about jokes for that.